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Timetable 2000/2001

School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London


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Normally lectures will be made available at the beginning of the week. Release numbers are sequential per "term". Note that terms do not follow the conventional pattern of an english school/university term. Each term roughly coincides with a particular unit, but there will be deviations for a few individual lectures, in order to optimize delivery of the more difficult subjects. Certain releases in terms 1 and 2 will have a release which is intended to be studied over a 2-week period. Releases in term 3 are only nominal, as the project will be self-paced.

Official start date Monday, 23 October 2000.


TERM 1

ReleaseDate LectureTopicResponsible
123/10/00 Internet Skills Writing HTML, Tables, & Pictures JKC
230/10/00 Introduction to Powder Diffraction Overview & General Applications PB
36/11/00 Instrumentation I Laboratory Methods JKC
413/11/00 Instrumentation II Synchrotron X-ray Sources & Diffractometers, Energy-Dispersive Methods PB
520/11/00 Symmetry I 3-D Symmetry Elements, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices JKC
6
(2w)
27/11/00 Symmetry II Point Groups & Laue Classes JKC
711/12/00 Diffraction I Scattering from Arrays of Atoms, d-spacings, Diffraction from Single Crystals, Powders, & Non-crystalline Materials, Structure Factors PB
818/12/00 Diffraction II From Structure Factors to Measured Intensities PB

2 Weeks Break for Xmas & New Year in UK

9
(2w)
8/1/01 Symmetry III Space Groups JKC
1022/1/01 Instrumentation III Neutron Sources & Diffractometers JKC
1129/1/01 Qualitative Analysis PDF Database: Contents & Usage PB

TERM 2

ReleaseDate LectureTopicResponsible
125/2/01 Indexing I Peak Positions, Standards, Unit Cell Refinement JKC
1312/2/01 Indexing II Indexing Methods & Programs JKC
1419/2/01 Symmetry IV Systematic Absences, Space Group Determination JKC
1526/2/01 Peak Shapes Peak-Shape Functions, Widths & Resolution Function, Asymmetry, Peak Broadening, Stress, Strain PB
165/3/01 Structure Refinement I Rietveld Method, Least Squares, R-factors JKC
1712/3/01 Structure Refinement II Structural Parameters, Fourier Maps, Constraints & Restraints, Multiphase Refinements, Phase Transitions, Combined Data Sets JKC
1819/3/01 Quantitative Analysis Methods & Errors PB
1926/3/01 Modern Techniques & Applications I Non-Ambient Diffraction, Furnaces, Cryostats, High-Pressure, & Detectors PB

1 Week Break for B.C.A. School & Meeting in UK plus
2 Weeks Break for Easter in UK

2023/4/01 Modern Techniques & Applications II Thermodiffractometry, Phase Transitions, Real-time Methods, In-situ Analysis PB
2130/4/01 Modern Techniques & Applications III Patents, Polymorphism, Compositions & Impurities, Legal Case Studies JKC
227/5/01 Publication Interpreting Crystallographic Journals, CIF, & Structural Databases MPA

TERM 3

ReleaseDATE LectureTopicOrganiser
2314/5/01 Structure Solution Whole Pattern Fitting, Structure Solution Methods JKC
2421/5/01 Structure Refinement III Refinement in Practice JKC
25N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC
-N/A Project Individual Student Project Work MPA/JKC/LMDC

 26 September 2001 Written Examination  
 October 2001 Project Submission  
 End Dec. Certificates Awarded

N/A = Not Applicable


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